Combined hanger and musical instrument.



L. JACOBS.

COMBENED HANGER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1917.

1,286,595, Patented Dec. 3; 1918.

LOUIS JACOBS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED HANGER AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1917. Serial No. 161,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS JAooBs, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in CombinedHangers and Musical Instruments, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device for hangingshoes and other articles, and which can also be used as a musicalinstrument.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of the device;Fig. 2 is a rear view of thesame; Fig. 3 is-an end view of the same,illustrating one manner of use thereof.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a piece of wire which is bent inthe middle to form a hook 2, horizontally extending portions 3, bentback on themselves, as shown at 4, and extending nearly opposite to saidhook, and then again bent back on themselves, as shown at 6, and formedinto mutilated spiral coils 7 To the portions 3 and 4 of the wire piece1 is secured, by clamps 8, a frame or cushion 9, formed of woven wiremesh and rolled or bent about a middle portion into an approximatelyoval form as shown in Fig. 3, and its meeting edges being securedtogether by a sheet metal frame 10. The spiral portions of the piece 1thus rest against the surface of said frame-9'.

This instrument is capable of a great variety of uses; For instance, tohold mens shoes. the tags 11, at the back of the shoe, are firstthreaded upon the spiral coils, and then passed over the upper edge ofthe wire screen frame or cushion 9 so that the backs of the shoes restagainstthe front surface of the frame 9, as shown in Fig. 3, and theshoes extend horizontally from said frame 9.

The clamps 8 can be used for supporting and exhibiting ladies shoes.

The device may also be used as a towel, necktie or clothes holder, as aframe to hold fly paper, as a device for hanging up wet .used foroutside display laundry out of doors or over asteam heater indoors, thespiral coil 7 being passed through the button holes, and for many otherpurposes.

The hanger is especially useful for exhibiting shoes in store windows,and can be as well as inside, being safe from theft as the shoe can notbe quickly detached from the hanger.

The device may also be used in the followlng manner as a musicalinstrument: Thin pieces of paper 12 are placed on opposite sides of thewire screen frame, and the frame, after the paper has been thus placed,is brought up to the mouth and the performer sings, speaks, or humsthrough the paper. The sound of the voice is first split up through thefine pores in the paper, striking the front side of the wire screen andcausing vibrations therein, then passing Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

through the holes to the rear side of the wire screen, again causingvibrations therein, so that the sound of the voice is magnified. Anytone, or tune, or the sound of any instrument or the phonograph can beimitated thereby. The effect of these vibrations on the nerves issoothing and quieting. It is also useful in talking to deaf persons, asthe sound can be heard by them much better than the ordinary voice.

I claim: 7

l. The combination of a piece of wire bent in the middle to form a hookand extending in opposite directions from said hook, said oppositelyextending portions being bent back at their ends and curved spirally andremovable clamps carried by the respective ends of said oppositelyextending portions.

2. The combination of a piece of wire bent in the middle to form a hookand extending in opposite directions from said hook, said oppositelyextending portions being bent back at their ends and curved spirally,clamps carried by the respective ends of said oppositely extendingportions, and a wire screen cushion held by said clamps in closeproximity to said spiral portions of the wire.

